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- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508052 Ithmar Capital Harvard Business School Case 809-032 The founders of Ithmar Capital, a mid-market private equity fund targeting businesses in and addressing the Gulf Co-operation Council countries,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/415066-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-088 John D. Rockefeller: The Richest Man in the World By the late nineteenth century, scale and managerial hierarchies had extended to several major industrial View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
Leaders of organizations in the social sector are under growing pressure to demonstrate their impacts on pressing societal problems such as global poverty. We review the debates around performance and impact, drawing on three literatures:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
whether through the private sector or the public sector, you have to worry that people might get the wrong incentives. Those who are relieved of risk may decide to take on more risk,” he explained. Likewise,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
Reports" section of HBS Working Knowledge at www.workingknowledge.hbs.edu. Technology and Tradition at Cyberposium If attendance at the 2002 Cyberposium is any indication, student interest in the high-tech sector remains intense despite... View Details
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
Successful Change: Ten Insights from the Private Sector By: Henderson, Rebecca Abstract—The aim of this book is to catalyze global interest in the pursuit of transformational changes in natural resource and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care
not related to costs imposes huge burdens on the system today. Having multiple prices drives up administrative costs. Patients covered by the public sector are subsidized by private-sector patients. And within the View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
space startups, one giant leap for space exploration. Video Embed Blue Origin’s historic November launch. Arianne Cornell is visible at ~1:08, midscreen with binoculars in hand. This promise of cost savings and efficiency has long been the hallmark of View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
independent social rating agency and avoids selection issues by taking advantage of a natural experiment that arose when the agency expanded the scope of its ratings. We find empirical support for our hypotheses and present implications for managers of rated companies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
other banks with common exposures. We show how this contagion effect adds up across the banking sector and how it can be estimated empirically using balance sheet data. We compute bank exposures to system-wide deleveraging, as well as the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
book based on their expertise. Les chantiers de ma vie by Claude Lefebvre (OPM 10, 1985) with Hélène-Andrée Bizier (Cyfbel) An autobiography of an engineer and entrepreneur from Québec. Design Thinking for the Greater Good: Innovation in the Social View Details
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
that customers were willing to pay significant premiums for organic cotton garments although the organic cotton provided no demonstrable private incremental benefits to the customer. Turbulent Firms, Turbulent Wages? Authors:Diego A.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
Women's Worth New U.S. Census data reveal that women entrepreneurs are changing the face of the economy. The performance of the women's business sector in recent years has surpassed that of U.S. business overall in several major areas,... View Details
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
1926–2014 and international sector returns 1985–2014, we present four findings: (1) Fama is correct in that a sharp price increase of an industry portfolio does not, on average, predict unusually low returns going forward; (2) such sharp... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
Technology Ventures. I think taking that class was one of the most important things, other than BEI and the Energy & Environment Club, that I did while at HBS. The class can help those interested in the energy sector learn lessons from... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
leaders who make a difference. “I don’t regard HBS as a business school,” he explains. “I regard it as a leadership training school.” In the short run, Flannery plans to ply his newly acquired skills in the world of private equity. But... View Details
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
which the ACA was passed and develops estimates of its likely impact on the biopharmaceutical industry. Universal insurance, either through a government-run system or by mandated purchase of private insurance, has been controversial in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
What does a career path for a public entrepreneur actually look like? In which sector (private vs. public) should I start? Should I run for elective office? What does that imply for how I pursue my career? And often, and perhaps... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
Bohlen, and Kennan. They had similar educational backgrounds (Groton, Harvard, Yale, Princeton). Four had successful private sector careers as well as extensive public service. They shaped the post-WWII... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses and create more private sector jobs. One of his best lessons, “Entrepreneurs Ask,” invites leaders at all stages to carry on and push forward towards their... View Details